About Jerome Rossen
Jerome Rossen is a composer, songwriter and professional musician. As a composer, Jerome’s work has been featured in television, film, video games, advertising, animation, concert, the internet and theater.
Jerome creates the music for the Happy Tree Friends, a very funny (though very violent) cartoon for adults and mature kids. Jerome has worked on the show since 2005, scoring the internet episodes, DVDs, and Season One, which was broadcast worldwide. You can watch the show here.
As a jazz pianist, Jerome performs with his trio and as a sideman around the Bay Area. He is also a musical accompanist with the Bay Area Theater Sports, an improv comedy troupe. He has performed and toured internationally with rock and jazz bands.
Jerome was born in Akron, Ohio. He attended the University of North Texas, where he earned his Bachelors of Music in Jazz piano performance. Upon graduation, Jerome set sail as a pianist aboard cruise ships, in order to earn money to move to New York City. Jerome lived in NYC almost 5 years, where he took a shot at becoming a rock star. He was ultimately imported, (by his now wife) to San Francisco, where he began composing full time. Jerome started Freshmade Music in 2002.
Credits
Film & TV
Happy Tree Friends TV Series Season #1 - Mondo Media
Starting Over - NBC (additional music)
Stella - Gerry LaBuda, Director
Happy Tree Friends and Friends - Mondo Media (theme song)
Happy Tree Friends DVD Volume #4 - Mondo Media
Happy Tree Friends select internet episodes - Mondo Media
Cleaning Lady - Curtis Lim, Director
40 - Gerry LaBuda, Director
Season of Youth - Eric Perlmutter, Director (additional music)
Out of the Shadows - Porter Gale, Director
Net Loss - Elisabeth James, Director
Parable - Fly Away Home Productions
Advertising/Promotional
About Ongo - Ongo Inc.
Commercial development - Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Commercial development - Ogilvy & Mather
Photophlow - Oortle (Internet commercial and Interface sounds)
Yahoo Ring tones for Yahoo Messenger - Mondo Media for Yahoo
Karen Neuburger, new product release - Porter Gale, Director
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu trailer - Ubisoft
Video Game
Happy Tree Friends False Alarm, XBLA & PC - Mondo Media/Sega (composer)
Zoo Tycoon 2 for PS2 - Microsoft/dSonic (additional music)
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu special features - Ubisoft (additional engineer)
Comm. Organizing Toolkit - Studio Kinection (composer and sound designer)
US Navy Training Manual - Studio Kinection (composer and sound designer)
Cisco Training Manual - Studio Kinection (composer and sound designer)
Supercharged - MIT, Kurt Squire, Producer
Recording
Sly Cooper 2: Band of Thieves - Sony - accordion
Nancy Drew Series - Her Interactive - accordion
Lenka Dusilova - B&M Music - accordion (received a "Czech Grammy!")
This Is Oscar Fabulous - Oscar Fabulous - composer, engineer, and pianist
Sweet Talk - Cotton Candy - mix engineer
Thomashefsky project - San Francisco Symphony - additional engineer
The Last Light of Day - Jerome Rossen, solo piano - composer, engineer
Introducing Spencer Day - Yonus Media - accordion, piano, organ and rhodes
Little Jack Melody - My Charmed Life - piano, Hammond organ
Concert/Performance
Original Setting of Friday Night Shabbat Service
Bashana Haba'ah, choir and jazz trio Congregation Emanu-El, SF - arranger
Jazz Shabbat, Cantor and jazz trio Congregation Emanu-El, SF - arranger
Paula West and Spencer Day Sterling Performances - arranger, pianist
Bay Area Theater Sports - Musical improviser
Public Speaking/Teaching
Career Development for Audio Pros - Game Developer's Conference 2004
Songwriting Workshop - Redwood High School
Blue Bear School of Music - Piano teacher
10 Tips To Make Your Audio Better - eLearning Guild: DevLearn 2005 Conf
Making Your Project Sound Better- eLearning Guild: Online Forum
